Factors that hard the early diagnosis of syphilis in pregnancy

• Autor(a) principal: Tenorio, Laine Vilarim
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Azevedo, Elisângela Braga de, Barbosa, Josefa Cristina Gomes, Lima, Maria Karoline Santos, Pereira, Melina Miranda de Brito Silva, Barbosa , Hevillyn Cecília Ventura
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/7225
• topic: Serviços de atenção básica; Saúde da mulher; Sífilis Congênita.; Primary care services; Women’s health; Congenital syphilis.; Servicios de atención primaria; La salud de la mujer; Sífilis congénita.

Objective: to identify factors that hinder the early diagnosis of gestational syphilis in a city in the interior of the Northeast. Methodology: this is a descriptive and documentary research with a quantitative approach. Twenty-seven medical records of pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis were used, after which the data were typed and stored in an Excel spreadsheet, analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in tables using relative and absolute frequencies. Results: a high rate of gestational and congenital syphilis was detected. Difficulties were observed related to the distance from basic units in rural areas, delay in scheduling quarterly exams, failure to perform a rapid test in some units, lack of administration of medication therapy and shortage of penicillin and late uptake of pregnant women were observed. Conclusion: there were some weaknesses in prenatal care, which interfere with the early diagnosis of infection in pregnant women, as well as the need for training for professionals who work indirectly with the public in question.